Members of the Upper Fells Point community are using some graphic video taken of some disgusting behavior in their neighborhood to get police and City Hall's attention. Kai Reed has more on a community meeting that was held to figure out what to do about it.

The video, taken Friday just after 11 a.m. in an alley off Broadway in Upper Fells Point, shows a man looking perfectly comfortable picking his spot and dropping his pants. All of what comes next is recorded.

The video shows one incident, but based on what can be seen in person, it was not isolated. On Monday, evidence was left behind that the alley is being used as an open sewer.

"It's a health hazard, it's disgusting," said Victor Corbin, president of the community association. "It's like a Third World country. It shouldn't be like that and we shouldn't accept it as a community and a city."

Corbin sent the video to City Hall on Monday, saying the community is fed up with the problem of vagrancy, loitering and conduct that leaves litter and filth. Community members said they also have video of a woman going to the bathroom, drug activity and an act of prostitution.

"That was a terrible photo. You should get the ones of people who walk by people at outdoor restaurants and spit in their food. The situation is out of control," said Baltimore City Councilman Jim Kraft, a Democrat whose constituents make up the Upper Fells Point area.

In reaction to the problem, Kraft helped put together three subcommittees organized to come up with solutions and strategies. They met Tuesday night to discuss options like public toilets and ways to better address and enforce trespassing laws. The eventual plan is to take specific demands to the city.

"How many police officers do we want? What do we want them to do in terms of enforcement?" Kraft questioned.

A police officer at the meeting said police have stepped up enforcement and put a foot patrol officer on Broadway for the past two months. 11 News found officers writing citations just minutes before the meeting.

Corbin said the problem has worsened in the past year, pointing to a drug treatment clinic up the street and a soup kitchen nearby. He said both seem to be magnets for the wrong kind of behavior.

"I think we have gotten to the point where we are saturated with these types of services and when the (Charm City) Circulator came in, I think that also helped bring people into the neighborhood that normally may not have been here. I actually love the Circulator. I use it frequently but that is something I notice when I have ridden it," Corbin said.

"We want to get the government agencies to come in with a program for these people who apparently have a problem, or else they wouldn't be on the street," said community member Wayne Marcinko.

"The city can enforce the laws that are on the books. If the city gets sanitation, housing, police, health -- if they all just come in and enforce the laws that are on the books, we can clean this up," Kraft said.

The community meetings started about two months ago. The next one is scheduled for Oct. 29.

Kraft said he sent a letter directly to Police Commissioner Anthony Batts asking for help. Two weeks ago, Batts promised a strategy to reclaim the city's public spaces.

"Are they homeless? Are they drug addicted? Do they have mental health concerns? We want to identify each of them and figure (out) a better strategy for everyone," said Olivia Farrow, director of the Mayor's Office of Human Services.

One city official is considering installing public toilets similar to something used in Portland called the Portland Loo.

WBAL-TV 11 NEWS AT 5:00 PM CONTINUES NOW. [CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP] IT IS THE VIDEO THAT GOT A FELLS POINT COMMUNITY DEMANDING A RESPONSE. THAT IS A BUSY STREET ABOUT TO BE USED AS A TOILET IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. IT IS A DISGUSTING VIDEO BY ALL ACCOUNTS, A MAN CAUGHT USING A PUBLIC ALLEY TAKING CARE OF HIS PRIVATE AS MS.. -- PRIVATE BUSINESS. JAYNE MILLER IS LIVE IN FELLS POINT WITH THE DETAILS. DONNA, THAT VIDEO SHOWS ONE INCIDENT THAT BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN PERSON, IT IS NOT ISOLATED. THE VIDEO WAS TAKEN FRIDAY, JUST AFTER 11:00 IN THE MORNING. THE LOCATION IS AN ALLEY OFF BROADWAY IN UPPER FELLS POINT. IT SHOWS A MAN LOOKING PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE PICKING HIS SPOTS AND DROPPING HIS PANTS. ALL OF WHAT COMES NEXT IS RECORDED, BUT WE FIGURED YOU GET THE IDEA. IT IS A HEALTH HAZARD. IT IS DISGUSTING. THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION SAYS HE SAW THE SAME ALLEY YESTERDAY. ALL THE EVIDENCE SAYS IT IS BEING USED AS A SEWER. IT IS LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT IT AS A COMMUNITY OR AS A CITY. HE SENT THE VIDEO TO THE COMMUNITY -- TO THE CITY HALL YESTERDAY. THE PROBLEM, HE SAYS, HAS GOTTEN WORSE IN THE LAST YEAR. HE KNOWS A DRUG TREATMENT CLINIC IS UP THE STREET AND THERE IS A SIB KITCHEN NEARBY. BOTH SEEM TO BE MAGNETS FOR THE WRONG KIND OF BEHAVIOR. WE SAW ONE MAN YESTERDAY SWAYING ON THE CORNER. I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE SATURATED WITH THESE TYPES OF SERVICES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHEN THE CIRCULATOR CAME IN, THAT ALSO HELPED BRING PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY -- INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NORMALLY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HERE. I ACTUALLY LOVE THE CIRCULATOR. I USE IT QUITE FREQUENTLY. BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING I NOTICED MYSELF. WHAT TO DO? POLICE COMMISSIONER ANTHONY BETTS PROMISED A STRATEGY TO RECLAIM THE CITY'S PUBLIC SPACES. WE SAW AN OFFICER MAKING THE ROUNDS IN FELLS POINT TODAY. A MEETING TONIGHT WITH CITY OFFICIALS IS TO CONSIDER OTHER OPTIONS. ARE THEY HOMELESS? ARE THEY DRUG ADDICTED? DO THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS? WE WANT TO IDENTIFY EACH OF THEM AND FIGURE OUT A BETTER STRATEGY FOR EVERYONE. THAT MEETING IN FELLS POINT STARTS IN ABOUT 25 MINUTES. IT MIGHT BE WELL ATTENDED. ONE CITY OFFICIAL IS CONSIDERING INSTALLING A VERY SLICK LOOKING PUBLIC TOILET. IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY USE IN PORTLAND. IT IS CALLED THE PORTLAND LOO.